Blog posts with educational volunteer opportunities
Sponsors of our Audubon Adventures program started signing up even before we asked! It’s heartening to see the support for our local schools, and our community’s willingness to contribute to a program that helps students better understand and appreciate the…
Volunteer Nature Guides are trained in local ecology, teaching techniques, and nature topics before leading groups of elementary-aged children on weekday field trips at the Arboretum. Volunteers are asked to commit to joining each of the four training topics before…
Schools are back in session, and it’s time to invite teachers to sign up for Audubon Adventures. The Audubon Adventures curriculum kits are designed by the National Audubon Society to help students learn about the natural world and increase their…
We need help, and these jobs can be really fun for individuals who enjoy looking at birds and sharing that joy with other birders and potential new enthusiasts. One person (or two, working together) is needed to plan, organize, and…
Our Audubon in the Schools (AITS) team has several school sessions scheduled through the final months of school. In April and May, teachers from nine different schools have requested programs. Some of these are Beginning Birding outdoor sessions and some…
Our National Parks are beautiful places that provide habitat for a host of plants and animals. But they are too few and too small to provide enough resources for biodiversity to thrive. The solution: the Homegrown National Parks movement. Wildlife…
Migration is among the most astonishing and challenging stages in any bird’s life–a metabolically demanding journey riddled with perils, from hazardous weather and food shortages to human-caused impacts like light pollution. Fully 80% of our terrestrial migrants in North America…
The LCAS Audubon in the Schools (AITS) group met recently to discuss the potential for AITS school sessions in this school year. Our volunteer team is eager to begin engaging students once again! We want school teachers who are interested…
Many years ago, when we were renting a house in a town outside of Seattle, some neighborhood kids came over to ask if they could mow our lawn. They let on that their parents had put them up to it…
I can’t imagine hummingbirds not bringing a smile to your face! I hope all of you get a chance to watch them as they flit, dive, fly sideways, hover, and engage in aerial dogfights. Hummingbirds are beautiful, small, fast, tough,…